Triple

T10107412
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Army surveyors E216354 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William H. Emory
William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
 E843744 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William H. Emory | Statement: [United States Army surveyors, notableMember, William H. Emory]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Emory
Context triple: [United States Army surveyors, notableMember, William H. Emory]
  • A. William T. Chamberlain
    William T. Chamberlain is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Chamberlain surname.
  • B. Benjamin M. Prentiss
    Benjamin M. Prentiss was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for his stubborn defense at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh.
  • C. William H. Chamberlain
    William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
    Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
  • E. Samuel P. Heintzelman
    Samuel P. Heintzelman was a United States Army officer and Union major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and other early-war operations.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William H. Emory
Triple: [United States Army surveyors, notableMember, William H. Emory]
Generated description
William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Emory
Target entity description: William H. Emory was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and topographical engineer best known for his surveys and mapping of the U.S.–Mexico border and the American Southwest.
  • A. William T. Chamberlain
    William T. Chamberlain is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Chamberlain surname.
  • B. Benjamin M. Prentiss
    Benjamin M. Prentiss was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for his stubborn defense at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh.
  • C. William H. Chamberlain
    William H. Chamberlain was an American journalist and historian known for his analyses of Soviet Russia and his writings on international affairs in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord
    Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord was a Union Army officer and corps commander in the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the final campaigns that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
  • E. Samuel P. Heintzelman
    Samuel P. Heintzelman was a United States Army officer and Union major general during the American Civil War, noted for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and other early-war operations.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd0ca7f7c8190ba7ed37940aa933d completed April 2, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2e59ec83c8190a79fbb0d0de90310 completed April 5, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2e6f0aa988190aa9a866afcc2a1a2 completed April 5, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2e78384f48190abb7bdd7fcadcd9a completed April 5, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:03 p.m.